The unison
- C1
- C1
A unison is the same pitch, from C to C. Inverted, with the lower note moved up an octave, it becomes the octave.
Its short name is P1, and it is also called perfect prime. Counted in letters, it spans one letter name.
The unison on DADGAD guitar
On DADGAD guitar, the unison is seven frets back, five frets back and two frets back when you cross to the next string, and the same fret along one string.
The shape changes from one pair of strings to another, because the strings of this tuning are not evenly spaced. Instead of one shape to learn, there are three of them.
On the staff
On a treble staff, the two notes are written C and C.
The staff shows the two notes one after the other, then together. C to C spans one letter name, which is what the interval's name counts. What you hear is the same pitch twice.
On the keyboard
A unison uses one key, because it is a distance of nothing. It only becomes interesting on an instrument that can play the same pitch in more than one place, and a keyboard cannot do that.
Every C on the whole neck
Twelve notes are marked across six strings.
This diagram marks every C on DADGAD guitar. A unison is any two of these played together, which is why a unison has a shape on the neck at all.